The Officer Down Memorial Page Remembers . . . This Day in History - May 1st

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Lest we forget...  

 

Deputy Sheriff Moses Formwalt DeKalb County Sheriff's Department, GA EOW: Saturday, May 1, 1852 Cause of Death: Stabbed Deputy Sheriff O. John Hart Umatilla County Sheriff's Depar..., OR EOW: Monday, May 1, 1865 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman John Stevens Memphis Police Department, TN EOW: Tuesday, May 1, 1866 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Special Deputy Marshal William (Bill) Kirksey United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, May 1, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Marshal Andy Roff United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, May 1, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Marshal Jim Guy United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, May 1, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Marshal James Roff United States Department of Jus..., US EOW: Friday, May 1, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Robert Nichol New York Police Department, NY EOW: Sunday, May 1, 1892 Cause of Death: Accidental Patrolman Patrick Duffy Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, May 1, 1902 Cause of Death: Gunfire Constable John Leary Columbia Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, May 1, 1902 Cause of Death: Unidentified Sergeant Richard F. Cummings Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Monday, May 1, 1905 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Constable John D. Burke Kaufman County Constable's Offi..., TX EOW: Monday, May 1, 1905 Cause of Death: Gunfire Special Deputy Hamill Poston Scott Tarrant County Sheriff's Depart..., TX EOW: Wednesday, May 1, 1907 Cause of Death: Gunfire Village Marshal George Kloster Wyoming Police Department, OH EOW: Wednesday, May 1, 1912 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Ward Thompson Gassaway Police Department, WV EOW: Saturday, May 1, 1915 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff Frank B. Roach Laramie County Sheriff's Depart..., WY EOW: Monday, May 1, 1916 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman James F. Looney Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, May 1, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrol Officer James Cucia New Castle Police Department, PA EOW: Wednesday, May 1, 1918 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Cornelius Wilson Chicago Police Department, IL EOW: Thursday, May 1, 1919 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sheriff George Nichols Heiser Keith County Sheriff's Office, NE EOW: Tuesday, May 1, 1923 Cause of Death: Gunfire Police Officer Joseph O'Connor East Orange Police Department, NJ EOW: Friday, May 1, 1925 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer I Carl T. Hunt St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Friday, May 1, 1925 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Officer Charles C. Hutton Welch Police Department, WV EOW: Saturday, May 1, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Deputy Sheriff Robert E. Boyett Winn Parish Sheriff's Office, LA EOW: Saturday, May 1, 1926 Cause of Death: Gunfire Corporal Sam Mapes Michigan State Police, MI EOW: Sunday, May 1, 1927 Cause of Death: Gunfire Private Blake A. Michael West Virginia State Police, WV EOW: Sunday, May 1, 1927 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Traffic Policeman Julian C. Bunch Charleston Police Department, SC EOW: Sunday, May 1, 1932 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident Patrolman Absolom Blythe Hunt Greenville Police Department, SC EOW: Sunday, May 1, 1932 Cause of Death: Gunfire Trooper John Ressler New Jersey State Police, NJ EOW: Sunday, May 1, 1932 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Policeman Harry W. Daugherty Crisfield Police Department, MD EOW: Tuesday, May 1, 1934 Cause of Death: Stabbed Police Officer Albert R. Siko St. Louis Police Department, MO EOW: Tuesday, May 1, 1934 Cause of Death: Gunfire Sergeant Wilbur B. (Webb) Miller Council Bluffs Police Department, IA EOW: Wednesday, May 1, 1935 Cause of Death: Gunfire Chief of Police Severin Alberovski Batavia Police Department, IL EOW: Wednesday, May 1, 1940 Cause of Death: Vehicle pursuit Police Officer Clarence M. Bean Ogden Police Department, UT EOW: Tuesday, May 1, 1945 Cause of Death: Assault Deputy Sheriff Earl Griffith Washoe County Sheriff's Office, NV EOW: Thursday, May 1, 1947 Cause of Death: Gunfire Officer John W. Armatoski California Highway Patrol, CA EOW: Friday, May 1, 1953 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Captain Henry Ritchason Zanesville Police Department, OH EOW: Saturday, May 1, 1954 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Officer William Warren Lassiter Norfolk Police Department, VA EOW: Thursday, May 1, 1958 Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle Police Officer George R. Toews Wasco Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, May 1, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Sergeant Wilburn D. Shinault Wasco Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, May 1, 1961 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Conservation Officer Loyd C. Hays Alabama Department of Conservat..., AL EOW: Friday, May 1, 1964 Cause of Death: Gunfire Patrolman Edmond G. Schrempf New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, May 1, 1964 Cause of Death: Vehicular assault Officer Joseph Brodnick San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Thursday, May 1, 1969 Cause of Death: Gunfire Captain Samuel N. Rowe New York State Police, NY EOW: Friday, May 1, 1970 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Policeman Ismael Cruz-Torres Puerto Rico Police Department, PR EOW: Thursday, May 1, 1975 Cause of Death: Automobile accident Officer William Evans Noble Montgomery Police Department, AL EOW: Saturday, May 1, 1976 Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident             Deputy Sheriff I John Valentine Trandel Milwaukee County Sheriff's Depa..., WI EOW: Friday, May 1, 1981 Cause of Death: Heart attack Police Officer John G. Scarangella New York City Police Department, NY EOW: Friday, May 1, 1981 Cause of Death: Gunfire              Police Officer Charles David Hartman Lee's Summit Police Department, MO EOW: Sunday, May 1, 1983 Cause of Death: Drowned Captain Saxton Randall Jones Florida Highway Patrol, FL EOW: Monday, May 1, 1995 Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental) Sergeant Darryl Tsujimoto San Francisco Police Department, CA EOW: Monday, May 1, 2006 Cause of Death: Heart attack

 

The brave officers listed here were killed on this date in history. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten.

Total Line of Duty Deaths: 51
Accidental: 1
Assault: 1
Automobile accident: 5
Drowned: 1
Gunfire: 26
Gunfire (Accidental): 2
Heart attack: 2
Motorcycle accident: 3
Stabbed: 2
Struck by vehicle: 3
Unidentified: 1
Vehicle pursuit: 2
Vehicular assault: 2